The Web.com Tour’s Nashville Golf Open, Benefiting the Snedeker Foundation, announced today that Jake Owen will compete in the 2018 event, to be contested at Nashville Golf & Athletic Club the week of May 21-27. Owen will maintain his amateur status in the event and will compete on an unrestricted sponsor exemption.
Owen is the second high-profile name to earn an exemption into a Web.com Tour event this year, joining 2017 NBA champion and Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Stephen Curry, who competed in the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in August.
"It’s so cool to have been awarded a sponsor exemption to play in the Nashville Golf Open,” said Owen. “I am truly honored to have this opportunity to play golf with guys whose work ethic I admire so much, like my buddy Brandt Snedeker. I know how hard everyone works to get to play in these PGA TOUR tournaments. I’m really grateful, and I can’t wait for this week in May 2018 to get here.”
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